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(Dol Guldur)

In the ruined fortress of Dol Guldur, Gandalf languishes in his cage. Suddenly, Galadriel's voice sounds in his head, and he looks up with a start.

"You are not alone, Mithrandir..."

Gandalf then heard Galadriel speak in elvish through his mind.

"Ae boe i le eliathon, im tulithon. (If you should ever need my help, I will come.)"

(Elsewhere)

It was early morning on the banks of the lake as there were refugees and wreckage from Lake-town. People were screaming and crying for help, and some of the wooden things are on fire. Dead bodies washed up on the shore. Alfrid comes crawling up out of the water, screaming.

"Will somebody help me? Help!" Alfrid yells

Alfrid clambers over a dead body, only to realize that the person is still alive. Alfrid rolls over him into the water, screaming.

"Help!" Alfrid yells

Some of the survivors begin helping each other and salvaging whatever supplies they can. Tauriel, Sigrid, and Tilda walk about, looking for Bard and Bain.

"Da!" Sigrid calls out

"Da!" Tilda calls out

"Da!" Sigrid calls out

As he climbs up onto his knees, Alfrid screams up into the sky.

"Why me?!" Alfrid screams

There was still screaming and crying all about, as people pull the bodies of their loved ones out of the water and onto theshore. The Dwarves, Óin, Bofur, and Fili, grab a boat and begin to push it out into the water. Kili approaches Tauriel.

"Tauriel." Kili says

"Kili, come on! We're leaving." Fili says

"They are your people. You must go." Tauriel says

Tauriel looks at Kili both sadly and guardedly, then walks past him. Kili looks distraught for a second, then whirls around to face her again.

"Come with me. I know how I feel. I'm not afraid. You make me feel alive." Kili says

"I can't." Tauriel says turning her head away.

Kili reaches out and grabs her arm, then says something in dwarvish.

"Tauriel, amralime. (My love.)" Kili says in dwarvish

Hearing this, Tauriel looks at Kili, shocked and surprised.

"I don't know what that means." Tauriel says

"I think you do." Kili says smiling

Tauriel smiles and begins to lean toward Kili, but then suddenly straightens up and makes her face blank. She addresses Legolas whom she sensed approaching behind her.

"Hîr nín, Legolas. (My Lord, Legolas.)" Tauriel says in elvish

Kili looks with hostility over Tauriel's shoulder at Legolas.

"Maewado i Naug. Boe i nadh egeno. (Take your leave of the Dwarf. You are needed elsewhere.)" Legolas says in elvish

Tauriel looks at Kili for a few more seconds, then, torn by her duty, begins to turn away. Kili sadly turns toward his friends launching the boat. He suddenly pauses, then turns around and hurries back to Tauriel. He takes her hand and places his black stone into it, folding her fingers closed over it. She gasps and looks at him as he gets close to her face and holds her hands to his heart.

"Keep it. As a promise." Kili says

They both smile at each other, then Kili runs toward the boat. Legolas looks on, confused. Tauriel looks down at the stone in her hand, then looks after Kili and the Dwarves in the boat. Kili looks back at her for several moments, then begins rowing
toward the Lonely Mountain.

Elsewhere, on the shore, the woman from earlier who spoke about the prophecy hurries about, handing out blankets to the survivors.

"These are dry. You need them." The woman says

"Thank you." A man says

Alfrid pushes between people as he approaches the woman.

"Oi! Give me one of them! I'll catch my death in this cold!" Alfrid says

"Oh, find your own! You're not in charge now, Alfrid Lickspill!" The woman says

"That is where you are wrong. In absence of the Master, the power cedes to his deputy, which in this instance is my good self. Now give me that blanket!" Alfrid says

Alfrid leans forward and grabs the blanket. The woman pulls back on the other end. They tug over it, yelling at each other.

"Master's deputy?! Don't make me laugh!" The woman says

The woman manages to pull the blanket away and begins hitting Alfrid with it.

"You're a sneak-thief, more like! I'll be dead, before I answer to the likes of you!" The woman says

As the woman turns away, Alfrid grabs her by her arm.

"Maybe that can be arranged!" Alfrid says

Alfrid raises his hand to strike her, but someone else grab his upraised arm. It turns out to be Bard, who leans close to Alfrid.

"I wouldn't go turning on your own, Alfrid. Not now." Bard says

Bard spins Alfrid around, and Alfrid trips and falls over Bain's outstretched foot. Bain and the Woman smile. Sigrid and Tilda come running out of the crowd toward their father and brother.

"Da!" Tilda exclaims

"Come here!" Bard says

Bard grabs up his daughters in a huge hug. He clutches them to himself as the townspeople look on.

"It's alright." Bard says

The man, Percy steps out of the crowd and exclaims loudly.

"It was Bard! He killed the dragon! I saw it with my own eyes! He brought the beast down! He shot him dead with a Black Arrow!" Percy exclaims

The people begin cheering for Bard and laid their hands on him, giving him their thanks. Alfrid suddenly appears and raises Bard's arm, then cheers loudly for himself.

"All hail to the dragon slayer! All hail King Bard!" Alfrid cheers

The people grow silent, and Bard yanks his hand away from Alfrid. Alfrid, still with his hand up in the air, speaks to the crowd.

"I have said it many times. This is a man of noble stock. A born leader!" Alfrid says

"Do not call me that! I'm not the master of this town." Bard says

Bard looks around.

"Where is he? Where's the master?" Bard asks

The woman from before answers Bard.

"Halfway down the Anduin, with all our coin, I don't doubt." The woman says

The woman then points at Alfrid who looks scared.

"You would know! You helped him empty the treasury." The woman says

"No. I tried to stop him." Alfrid says

Alfrid raises his voice and addresses all the people, scared and pleadingly. The people yell at him angrily, calling him a traitor and a mongrel.

"Traitor!" A man shouts

"You're a mongrel!" Another man shouts

Alfrid hides behind Bard, keeping Bard between himself and the woman.

"I pleaded. I pleaded. I said, 'Master, no!'" Alfrid says

The people continue to yell abuse at him. Alfrid looks terrified.

"Think of the children." Alfrid says

Alfrid grabs Tilda and holds her infront of him.

"Will nobody think of the children?!" Alfrid asks

Tilda angrily stomps on Alfrid's foot, forcing him to let go of her. The people yell for Alfrid's head.

"To the tree with you!" A man shouts

Several men grab Alfrid and raise him up, preparing to hang him with a rope while he screams with fear. Bard steps in and stops the people.

"Enough! Enough! Let him go!" Bard shouts

The people quiet down and drop Alfrid onto the ground. Bard turns about, addressing all the people.

"Look around you! Have you not had your fill of death?!" Bard says

Alfrid pops up from the ground, but Bard pushes him back down.

"Winter is upon us. We must look to our own, to the sick and the helpless. Those who can stand, tend to the wounded. And those who have strength left, follow me. We must salvage what we can." Bard says

Bard turns and begins to stride through the crowd.

"What then? What do we do then?" The woman asks

Bard turns back and looks toward the woman.

"We find shelter." Bard says

The townspeople begin to follow Bard as he walks away.

(Elsewhere)

Hiccup and Toothless flew in the air with Astrid and Stormfly toward the banks of the lake while everyone else stayed in the mountain.

"Devon and Luna should've been back by now." Hiccup says feeling worried

"Maybe they went to go get the other Dwarves after Smaug was finished." Astrid says

"Maybe. I just hope nothing's happened to them." Hiccup says

Toothless crooned and looked up at Hiccup with a worried look on his face.

"I know, bud. I'm worried about them too." Hiccup says

As they continued flying, Astrid looked down and noticed something floating on the waters of the lake. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Fili, Kili, Bofur, and Óin on their boat.

"Hiccup, look!" Astrid says

Hiccup and Toothless look down and see the Dwarves.

"It's the Dwarves! They made it." Hiccup says

Suddenly, something else caught Toothless' eye, making him growl and catching Hiccup's attention.

"What is it, bud?" Hiccup asks

Following Toothless' gaze, Hiccup looked over to the left and what he saw shocked them both. They saw Devon and Luna lying on the shores of the lake unconscious. Astrid saw this and she gasped in shock.

"Devon and Luna!" Astrid exclaims

"Come on! Let's get down there!" Hiccup says

The two dragons and their riders quickly flew down toward the shoreline, worried for their best friend. At the same time, as the Dwarves made their way to the shoreline on their boat, they notice Devon and Luna lying unconscious on the rocky beach. They look at each other in shock and quickly row their boat to the shore. As soon as they made it to shore, the Dwarves looked up and saw Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid and Stormfly land infront of them.

"Hiccup! Astrid!" Kili exclaims

Hiccup and Astrid climbed off their dragons and looked at the Dwarves with smiles on their faces, glad to see they made it out of Lake-town alright. Then, they quickly focused back on Devon and Luna and rushed over to them. Devon laid flat on his stomach with his female Night Fury laying right beside him on her stomach. Hiccup and Astrid went over to Devon to make sure he was alright while Toothless and Stormfly checked up on Luna. Hiccup and Astrid rolled Devon's body over so that he laid on his back. From there, Astrid held Devon in her arms wrapped around his chest while Hiccup shook Devon to try and wake him up. The Dwarves watched with worry in their eyes.

"Devon! Come on! Wake up!" Hiccup says

In that moment, Devon slowly began to awake and he started coughing out water from his mouth.

"Hwah! Ah! Ugh!" Devon groans

"It's okay, Devon. We're here." Astrid says

Devon sat up, then rolled over on all fours, still coughing out water. Astrid placed her right-hand on Devon's back and her other hand on his shoulder, offering him her support.

"Argh!" Devon grunts coughing out the last of the water

Devon looked to his left and saw Hiccup and Astrid looking at him with smiles on their faces.

"Hiccup...Astrid...Fancy seeing you here..." Devon says smiling

The three Dragon Riders then looked over at Luna who was still unconscious.

"Luna! Is she okay?" Devon asks feeling worried

Devon stumbled his way over to Luna with Hiccup and Astrid following him. Toothless and Stormfly looked at Luna with sad looks on their faces and they both whimpered, feeling worried for their dragon friend. Toothless crooned and nudged his snout against Luna's head to try and wake her. Suddenly, Luna's eyes slowly opened. The female Night Fury looked up at Toothless and Stormfly and smiled. She then coughed out a mouthful of water right onto Toothless' head which caught him by surprise. Toothless shook his head from the water and nuzzled his head against Luna's head. The two Night Furies crooned as they nuzzled each other.

Luna then looked over to her left and saw her love and rider approaching her. Luna slowly rose up on her legs and walked over to Devon. Devon placed both his hands on the sides of Luna's head and rubbed her gently.

"Luna, you alright?" Devon asks

"Yeah...I am now." Luna says

Devon and Luna both smiled at each other. Then, the human and dragon placed their foreheads together. Luna crooned with content.

Devon and Luna then looked and saw the Dwarves smiling and laughing at the moment they were having.

"Devon!" Kili says

Kili runs up to Devon and hugs him. Devon was caught completely by surprise by this, but being the kind soul he was, he hugged the Dwarf back.

"I can see you're fully healed, Kili." Devon says

Kili smiles. Devon looks at the other Dwarves and nods at them.

"Come on. Let's get you home." Devon says

(Moments later)

The three Dragon Riders and the Dwarves moved through the foothills and climb up the Lonely Mountain. As they approach the gates, they stop in shock and fear as they see the destruction caused by Smaug as he smashed through the front gate to fly out of the mountain. They look at each other, then run into the halls of Erebor. Bofur calls out, his voice echoing in the silence.

"Hello! Bombur? Bifur? Anybody?" Bofur says

They clamber through the halls, looking for their kin. As they run down a staircase, Bilbo runs up toward them from another part of the city, calling out to the group. Following behind him was Spyro, Cynder, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Snotlout, Hookfang,
Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Barf and Belch.

"Wait! Wait!" Bilbo yells out

"It's Bilbo! He's alive!" Óin says

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Bilbo says

Bilbo meets the group in a corridor.

"You need to leave. We all need to leave." Bilbo says

"We only just got here?!" Bofur says

"Bilbo, what's wrong?" Devon asks

"I have tried talking to him, but he won't listen." Bilbo says

"What do you mean, laddie?" Óin asks

"Thorin. Thorin. Thorin. He's been out there for days. He doesn't sleep. He barely eats. He's not been himself, not at all. It's this-It's this place. I think a sickness lies on it." Bilbo says

As Bilbo speaks, Fili looks past him and sees something that causes him to wrinkle his face in consternation.

"Sickness? What kind of sickness?" Kili asks

Fili walks past the group and starts heading further down into Erebor, looking at something. Bilbo and the others run after him, trying to stop him.

"Fili. Fili! Fili!" Bilbo calls out

"Come on!" Devon says

The group heads down the staircase, following Bilbo. As they continue heading down, a golden light can be seen on the walls. They go around a corner, and stop short at the sight of Thrór's treasure, heaped so high over the floor of the cavern that the ground was barely visible. As they stare, they see Thorin, dressed in ornate robes and covered in jewelry, stride slowly out of a doorway. Thorin begins speaking softly, apparently to himself. He looks strange, almost possessed, and the group looks at him.

"Gold. Gold beyond measure. Beyond sorrow and grief." Thorin says

Thorin looks up and sees the others standing on the stairs where they were.

"Behold. The great treasure hoard of Thrór." Thorin says

Thorin suddenly flings something high into the air to where the group was standing on a stairwell landing. Fili catches it. What he caught was a giant bloodred jewel. Thorin places a hand on his chest, gesturing to himself.

"Welcome, my sister's sons." Thorin says

Then, Thorin spreads his arms out, gesturing to the treasure.

"To the kingdom of Erebor." Thorin says

(Moments later)

The newly-come Dwarves enter the room where the other Dwarves were, and they greet each other warmly with massive hugs. Devon and his friends watched as the Dwarves hugged each other.

"Balin!" Bofur says

"Kili!" Nori says

"Bombur!" Bofur says

(Moments later)

All the Dwarves comb through the piles of treasure, searching for the Arkenstone.

"Any sign of it?!" Thorin asks

"Nothing yet." Dwalin says

"Nothing here." Nori says

"Keep searching!" Thorin says

"That jewel could be anywhere!" Óin says

"The Arkenstone is in these halls. Find it!" Thorin says

"You heard him! Keep looking!" Dwalin says

"All of you! No one rests until it is found!" Thorin says

Bilbo, hearing all this, looks awkward. Devon and his friends also found this a bit strange. Thorin was acting different. They felt that something was wrong with him.

(Moments later)

Bilbo walks out onto the ramparts of the front gates, near the hole Smaug made in the wall. He paces back and forth for a while. Then, he sits down. That was when Devon and Luna approached him.

"Bilbo, you alright?" Devon asks

"Yes. I'm fine." Bilbo says

Devon leaned against a nearby stone column while Luna sat on her haunches next to him on his left and they both looked at Bilbo. They could tell something was on his mind.

"Is there something on your mind? We can tell." Devon says

Bilbo looks up at Devon.

"Devon, you remember what Smaug said about the Arkenstone?" Bilbo asks

"I do." Devon says

Devon and Bilbo both think back to their encounter with Smaug, when they were standing near the Arkenstone and Smaug was speaking to them.

(Flashback)

"I am almost tempted to let you take it, if only to see Oakenshield suffer, watch it destroy him, watch it corrupt his heart and drive him mad."

Smaug growls and extends his neck to eat Bilbo and Devon, but Bilbo puts on his ring and slips away. Devon uses his magic and disappears from sight. Unseen by Smaug, Bilbo grabs the Arkenstone and hides it in his tunic. Smaug angrily roars and begins breathing fire in the halls of Erebor.

(Present Time)

Bilbo reaches into his tunic and pulls out the Arkenstone. Devon and Bilbo both stare at the jewel as it glows with patterns of light from within. Luna sniffs the Arkenstone and she stares at it.

"The Arkenstone. You managed to grab hold of it." Devon says

"I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't know whether I should give it to Thorin or not." Bilbo says

"I think it's best we keep it hidden for now." Devon says

Bilbo nods in agreement. Devon and Luna looked at each other, then they both looked back at the Arkenstone in Bilbo's hands.

(Elsewhere)

At the Lake-town camp, the people were packing supplies and getting ready to leave.

"Take only what you need. We have a long march ahead." Bard says

Legolas stood and watched as Bard gathered supplies.

"Where will you go?" Legolas asks

"There is only one place." Bard says

Bard looks across the lake.

"The mountain! You are a genius, sire. We can take refuge inside the mountain. It might smell a bit of dragon. The women can clean it up. It will be safe and warm and dry, and full of stores, bedding, clothing...the odd bit of gold." Alfrid says

"What gold is in that mountain is cursed. We will take only what was promised to us, only what we need to rebuild our lives." Bard says

Bard dumps a bundle of sticks he was packing into Alfrid's hands and walks off. Alfrid then dumps the sticks into the hands of an old woman who already had a load of sticks.

"Here! Pull your weight!" Alfrid says

"News of the death of Smaug will have spread through the lands." Legolas says

"Aye." Bard says

"Other will now look to the mountain. For its wealth, for its position." Legolas says

"What is it you know?" Bard asks

"Nothing for certain. It's what I fear may come." Legolas says looking off into the distance, feeling concerned

(Elsewhere)

Azog rode his white Warg at the head of a vast company of Orcs, all armed for battle. They were crossing a rocky plain, with the Lonely Mountain in the distance as their destination. Bolg, riding his Warg, charges in from Lake-town to deliver his message to Azog.

"Shok gondash! (Woodland Elves!)" Bolg says

Azog watches as Bolg approaches him.

"Gurundol ornish. Obandzi maganish. (The King's son and a She-elf. They tracked us down to Lake-town.)" Bolg says

Azog raises his left-arm which was now replaced with a large blade, and the legions of Orcs stop.

"Morg shinish? (And you killed them?)" Azog asks pointing his blade-arm at Bolg

"Gurudom Shazaleish zasha dul. (They fled, squealing like cowards.)" Bolg says

"Yanish! Gundaguz nag shazog! Ardabia Gundabad dul. Vog rag nack. (You fool! They will return with an Army of Elves at their backs! Ride to Gundabad. Let the Legions come forth.)" Azog says

Bolg grunts and rides off. Azog turns and faces his Orcs, raising his bladed arm.

"Guldai! Onai! Gushdarl! Du ulrog! (Elves! Men! Dwarves! The Mountain will be their tomb!)" Azog says

Azog turns and begins riding toward the Mountain leading his Orc army to war.

"Omnishi! (To war!)" Azog says

(Lake-town camp)

Tauriel and Legolas stride through the Lake-town camp.

"You saw something out there?" Tauriel asks

"The Orc I pursued out of Lake-town. I know who he is. Bolg, a spawn of Azog, the Defiler. A Warg pack was waiting for him on the outskirts of Esgaroth. They fled into the north. These Orcs were different from the others. They wore a mark I had not seen for a long time. The mark of Gundabad." Legolas says

Tauriel stops in shock and turns to Legolas.

"Gundabad?" Tauriel asks

"An Orc-stronghold in the far north of the Misty Mountains." Legolas says

Suddenly, an Elf from Mirkwood rides up on a horse and addresses Legolas.

"Hîr nín, Legolas. Celin 'winiath o adar lín. Cân i hi danwenidh na le. (My Lord Legolas, I bring word from your Father. You are to return to him immediately.)" The Elf says in elvish

"Tolo, Tauriel. (Come, Tauriel.)" Legolas says in elvish

"Hîr nín. Edlennen Tauriel. (My Lord, Tauriel is banished.)" The Elf says in elvish

"Edlennen? (Banished?)" Legolas asks in elvish

Legolas and Tauriel were surprised.

"You may tell my father: If there is no place for Tauriel, there is no place for me." Legolas says

"Legolas. It is your King's command." Tauriel says

"Naw aran nín, mal ú-gân innas nín. (Yes, he is my King. But he does not command my heart.)" Legolas says in elvish

Legolas turns and walks away from the elven messenger. Tauriel stood and watched Legolas walk away. She then realized that what Legolas said was almost the exact same thing Devon had told her back to when they met in the Woodland Realm.

"Your king may command you, but does he command your heart?"

Tauriel snapped out of her realization and followed Legolas.

"I ride north. Will you come with me?" Legolas asks

"To where?" Tauriel asks

"To Gundabad." Legolas says

Tauriel and Legolas ride out of the Lake-town camp on Legolas' white horse. The townspeople, carrying their possessions and stretchers with their sick and injured, begin the long trek around the lake and toward the Mountain.

(Dol Guldur)

In the ruined fortress of Dol Guldur, Gandalf begins chanting something while hanging in the cage. Radagast was chanting something in his home.

"Vatule rada uluetasi." Gandalf chants

"Oriana lakenoreth ariant obrianda." Radagast chants

Gandalf continues chanting in his cage until an Orc approaches Gandalf with his sword drawn.

"Gugulm molnash zeku. (Spells will not save you, old man.)" An Orc says

Elsewhere in the dark fortress, Galadriel walks through the ruins of Dol Guldur, barefoot, her ring shining with a white light in the darkness.

The Orc throws Gandalf around still in his cage while Gandalf cries out in pain.

Galadriel approaches Gandalf's location, his cries of pain sounding loudly in the night as the Orc abuses him. The Orc pulls open the cage and lifts Gandalf up with one arm.

"Udgo no shonash. (This is my Master's domain.)" The Orc says

Then, the Orc throws Gandalf forcefully down onto the floor.

"Ungo shiza! (Die now Wizard!)" The Orc says

Galadriel appears, and the Orc sees her. The Orc roars, then runs at Galadriel. Galadriel lifts her arm, and a shockwave of light and energy expands all around her, lighting up the sky for miles around, as loose rubble flies around from the massive
pressure.

After dealing with the Orc, Galadriel picks up Gandalf who was almost drained of life, and walks through the ruins carrying him. Suddenly, Sauron's voice speaks out of the darkness, and Galadriel stops.

"Shre nazg golugranu kilmi-nudu. Ombi kuzddurbagu gundum-ishi bagu. (Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky. Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone.)" Sauron says

"Nine for mortal men doomed to die." Galadriel says

Galadriel looks around in shock as the nine Nazgûl slowly appear around her, in corporeal, translucent forms. As they slowly draw closer, wielding their weapons, Galadriel stumbles back and sits on the pedestal of a statue in a courtyard, with Gandalf in her lap. Still unconscious, Gandalf groans.

"Duni bukadai. Ohmnibi shubu. Ashi buruzum ishi. (You cannot fight the shadow. Even now you fade. One light alone in the darkness.)" Sauron says

Galadriel looks up with a determined look on her face.

"I am not alone." Galadriel says

In that moment, Elrond and Saruman stride out of the ruins. Elrond draws out his sword and Saruman wielded his staff.

"Are you in need of assistance, my Lady?" Saruman asks

The Nazgûl leap forward to confront the White Wizard and Elf-lord, snarling at them.

"You should have stayed dead." Elrond says

Elrond and Saruman leap forward and attack the Nazgûl. The Nazgûl disappear every time they are hit, yet they keep coming back. Saruman throws a Nazgûl off a cliff with his staff, but it manages to clamber back up the cliff and continue the attack. Elrond swings his sword at the Nazgûl as they teleport back and forth all around him.

Galadriel looks down at Gandalf and spoke to him.

"Mithrandir, come back." Galadriel says

While Saruman and Elrond fought off against the Nazgûl, Galadriel leans down and kisses Gandalf's head. He suddenly breathes in deeply and wakes up, gasping for breath.

"He is here." Gandalf says weakly

"Yes. The darkness has returned." Galadriel says

As the fighting between the Nazgûl, the White Wizard, and the Elf-lord continues, Radagast rides into the courtyard on his rabbit-pulled sled.

"Gandalf! Gandalf, climb on!" Radagast says

As Gandalf tries to get on the sled, Galadriel lays on the floor, weakened from bringing Gandalf back from the brink of death. She tries to help him up, but she was too weak.

"He is weak. He cannot remain here. It is draining his life." Galadriel says

Gandalf manages to get on the sled, and Radagast prepares to leave.

"Go! Quickly!" Radagast says

Gandalf reaches back and grabs Galadriel's arm and speaks to her.

"Come with me, my Lady." Gandalf says weakly

Galadriel looks at Gandalf sadly, then pulls her arm away, turning to face the Nazgûl. Her skin becomes white and her eyes and body shine with a strange, powerful, and dark light.

"No!" Galadriel says

As Radagast and Gandalf ride off, Galadriel lays on the floor. Saruman hits one of the remaining Nazgûl with his staff, knocking it down to the ground. Then, he twirls his staff and brings it down on the Nazgûl, making it explode with light. Elrond drives his sword through one of the Nazgûl, piercing it's chest. The Nazgûl roars and growls in pain, then falls to the ground, flailing it's arms and legs before disappearing in a flash of darkness. Eventually, Elrond and Saruman manage to finish off the Nazgûl, and they pause for breath.

As they approach Galadriel to see if she was alright, the wind picks up, then a nearby tower explodes in a massive ball of fire. In its place was the flaming eye of Sauron. Saruman and Elrond flinch in the face of its power.

"Eiyes garam dugambash. Thal zundu gurizash. (It has begun. The East will fall. So shall the Kingdom of Angmar rise.)" Sauron says

The pupil of the Eye expands to reveal Saruon's old form. Beside him rise the Nazgûl, all of whom he has resurrected.

"Gambushu buradol. Bolis gaz brarum. (The time of the Elves is over. The Age of the Orc has come.)" Sauron says

As the Nazgûl raise their weapons and approach, Elrond and Saruman prepare to fight, only to step back as Galadriel rises upward. Galadriel began glowing with green light, and her entire appearance had changed to one of great power. She raises her hand and held her crystal phial which emitted a bright light, and the Nazgûl are blasted away, back into the Eye.

"You have no power here, servant of Morgoth!" Galadriel says

As Galadriel speaks, her voice changes into a deep, booming, and powerful tone. The fire around the Eye disappears, leaving only Sauron's armored form. Sauron was chanting as well. He begins flashing in the fire of his Eye.

"You are nameless! Faceless! Formless!" Galadriel says

The Eye keeps flashing with fire and chanting in Black Speech, while Elrond and Saruman raise their hands to shield themselves from the battle of power between Galadriel and Sauron.

"Go back to the void from whence you came!" Galadriel says

The force of Galadriel's power extinguishes the Eye's flames and sends Sauron hurtling into the sky. Galadriel's powerful form disappears, and she staggers back. Elrond catches her as she collapses. Sauron can be seen hurtling toward the horizon,
presumably to land in Mordor. Gandalf and Radagast stop and look. Gandalf started looking better as soon as he left the dark fortress.

"Dandollen hon. (We were deceived.)" Elrond says in elvish

"The spirit of Sauron endured." Galadriel says

"And has been banished." Saruman says

"He will flee into the east." Galadriel says

"Gondor should be warned. The must set a watch on the walls of Mordor." Elrond says

"No. Look after the Lady Galadriel. She has spent much of her power. Her strength is failing. Take her to Lothlórien." Saruman says

"My Lord Saruman, he must be hunted down and destroyed, once and for all." Elrond says

"Without the Ring of Power, Sauron can never again hold dominion over Middle-earth. Go now!" Saruman says

Saurman turns to face the direction in which Sauron was hurled with a strange expression in his eyes.

"Leave Sauron to me." Saruman says

(Elsewhere)

Far off from Dol Guldur, Gandalf and Radagast arrive at steps off Radagast's sled and starts walking away.

"I need a horse!" Gandalf says

"What? Gandalf, where are you going?" Radagast asks

Gandalf turns and looks at Radagast.

"To warn Erebor. They have no idea what is coming. I saw them with my own eyes. Rank upon rank of Moria-Orcs. You must summon our friends, bird and beast. The battle for the mountain is about to begin." Gandalf says


Author's Note: Onward toward the mountain. After surviving the onslaught of Smaug's wrath, the people of Lake-town make it safely to shore. Fili, Kili, Óin, and Bofur prepare to head toward the Lonely Mountain to join the others, but not before Kili gives Tauriel his runestone as a token for his love for her. Devon and Luna wash up along the shores of the lake, but lucky for them, Hiccup, Toothless, and Astrid found them. They also meet up with the four Dwarves and journey back to Erebor only to find out that Thorin has been acting more strangely than ever. Devon and Bilbo think that Thorin's strange behavior might have something to do with the Arkenstone. But could it be something else? Meanwhile, Azog leads his army of Orcs toward the mountain, ready for war. In Dol Guldur, Gandalf was still imprisoned in the dark fortress. That was until Radagast, Lady Galadriel, Elrond, and Saruman come to his aid. Radagast takes Gandalf to safety while the three guardians contend with Sauron himself. Lady Galadriel expels Sauron from Dol Guldur and sends him back into Mordor. And no surprise, Saruman has a strange look on his face. There's no guessing what's going through his mind. Now, everyone is heading towards Erebor. What events will transpire? We'll find out in the next chapter. Let me know what you guys think. No flames please. Hope you guys like and don't forget to review!